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it was called the manhattan engineering district, and for short, the manhattan project. >> the atomic heritage foundation partnered to create the oral history project. tells us a little bit about the organization. >> i founded the atomic heritage foundation in 2002, especially for the purpose to preserve the manhattan project and its historic site to try to create a manhattan project national historical park and to preserve its history. we partner with the las alamos historical society, which has its roots in the 1960's. its mission is to interpret the history of los alamos. what got us started was a grant from the institute for museum and library services. that may does eligible for the grant that established the manhattan project site. i started in 2002. i understood it was a quickly aging population. ironically, we had these interviews for 10 years or more before we had the funding to create the website. >> did the end of the cold war make this project possible? cindy: the end of the cold war was the signal to ramped down the nuclear weapons complex. there was funding provided to c
it was called the manhattan engineering district, and for short, the manhattan project. >> the atomic heritage foundation partnered to create the oral history project. tells us a little bit about the organization. >> i founded the atomic heritage foundation in 2002, especially for the purpose to preserve the manhattan project and its historic site to try to create a manhattan project national historical park and to preserve its history. we partner with the las alamos historical...
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the manhattan project itself. what was it and what does that name mean? >> the manhattan project was the effort in world war ii by the united states and its allies, primarily great britain and canada, to build an atomic bomb. the name manhattan is just as you think. it's after that island. now it's part of new york city. but the project was run by the army corps of engineers. while they toyed with a name that would be something like "special materials project," they thought such a name would arouse suspicion, because it was sort of clumsy. they named the project after the place where the projects headquarters were. its headquarters were at 270 broadway in lower manhattan, hence it was called the manhattan engineering district. and we call it, for short, the manhattan project. >> you're president of the atomic heritage foundation, which has partnered with the los alamos historical society. >> i founded it for the purpose to preserve the manhattan project and its historic sites to try to create a manhattan project h
the manhattan project itself. what was it and what does that name mean? >> the manhattan project was the effort in world war ii by the united states and its allies, primarily great britain and canada, to build an atomic bomb. the name manhattan is just as you think. it's after that island. now it's part of new york city. but the project was run by the army corps of engineers. while they toyed with a name that would be something like "special materials project," they thought such...
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they did not even know about the manhattan project. and afterward it was still classified information. people did not talk about i worked on the atomic bomb. especially after it became clear that there was an arms race and people began to question whether we should be building more weapons. there was a movement so to speak. i have not heard that. host: how long did the information about who was involved in the manhattan project stay classified? when we first know that it was the -- that it was robert oppenheimer and these other scientists? guest: it wasn't -- host: he was known publicly. guest:, we knew those who were involved except one, whatever he wrote was evidence. it was not a widespread press about it until after the war. it is still hard to figure out who was on it. they did not keep a list of names at los alamos. they had badge photos, like your drivers license id. and numbers. you did not have a name. so people call all the time asking can you tell me what my grandfather did at such insults -- such and such place. but there a
they did not even know about the manhattan project. and afterward it was still classified information. people did not talk about i worked on the atomic bomb. especially after it became clear that there was an arms race and people began to question whether we should be building more weapons. there was a movement so to speak. i have not heard that. host: how long did the information about who was involved in the manhattan project stay classified? when we first know that it was the -- that it was...
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trains are train and are being evacuated this is in manhattan and central new york here one of these from riverside drive as you see there the live pictures coming through and we can hear the emergency services there at the scene there. was that just right. there. right. here some more details coming through the traffic is being routed away from the area of the bus terminal that we can see in central manhattan has been evacuated. we're just going through some reports just to confirm of those details that we do know so far that the new york police department are responding to a reported blast there are details of an explosion has taken place at the central bus station in manhattan police say the cause of the blast is as yet unclear there's no information yet regarding any casualties or injuries but we cannot cross live to our correspondent. who is there at the scene he's coming through by telephone hi there kelly can you hear me. i can hear you yes fine can you can you give us a moody has about what's happening we have live pictures but we don't have too many cells as yet coming from
trains are train and are being evacuated this is in manhattan and central new york here one of these from riverside drive as you see there the live pictures coming through and we can hear the emergency services there at the scene there. was that just right. there. right. here some more details coming through the traffic is being routed away from the area of the bus terminal that we can see in central manhattan has been evacuated. we're just going through some reports just to confirm of those...
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now the way the crime strategy unit works this is a graph of manhattan and our jurisdiction is just manhattan we separated it into 5 and 5 prosecutors assigned their paired within american people intelligence analyst the lawyers don't have the case hair expected to be the expert in their area to know who is driving violently crimes and the riveting and to help brian drive down the crime and do the justice. we have one hundred and 10 thousand cases that come from the courts of manhattan every year we're currently tracking go another thousand defendants that's a small portion of the crime drivers that's creating the large case. we use the resources we researched and briefed the da on every neighborhood in manhattan we call them hot spots you're seeing a reoccurring briefing so at the end of this briefing obviously, we knew who our partners to be who help drive down the crime and what are the crime elements and the issues we can help to turn the city into a much safer place. and sort of the central nervous system from an intel unit to know when the people you are interested in and when the crime
now the way the crime strategy unit works this is a graph of manhattan and our jurisdiction is just manhattan we separated it into 5 and 5 prosecutors assigned their paired within american people intelligence analyst the lawyers don't have the case hair expected to be the expert in their area to know who is driving violently crimes and the riveting and to help brian drive down the crime and do the justice. we have one hundred and 10 thousand cases that come from the courts of manhattan every...
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story office tower in midtown, manhattan. and some of our elevators at leasts briefly were out of commission with people onboard. so it's -- not a fun thing especially for the claustrophobic if you're in an elevator going up or down and all of a sudden power schultz down, and that is what has happened in dozens perhaps more new york city buildings as a result of this transformer power. transformer fire i should i am sure you know from your long experience, it's 85 degrees in manhattan right now. still very warm. the power load for the air-conditioners. people act their worst sometimes when they are hot, do they not? >> absolutely right. when you talk about manhattan on a nice summer afternoon like this and with the temperature the way it is, you have got all sorts of elements out there. you have got good people doing a lot of wonderful things and they are trying to celebrate. but you have unfortunately a criminal element that would try to take advantage of a situation scenario like this. but again without being overly redunda
story office tower in midtown, manhattan. and some of our elevators at leasts briefly were out of commission with people onboard. so it's -- not a fun thing especially for the claustrophobic if you're in an elevator going up or down and all of a sudden power schultz down, and that is what has happened in dozens perhaps more new york city buildings as a result of this transformer power. transformer fire i should i am sure you know from your long experience, it's 85 degrees in manhattan right...
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all of lower manhattan is dark. i have just received word in addition the union square area which is on manhattan's east side, right down the middle, actually, at 14th street also fully dark. as is the east side of manhattan below 34th street. in addition, around this now blackened area that you are looking at, with no lights at all is the fdr drive to the, i guess the left of your picture here. going up the east side. it's flooded. the lower end of manhattan is flooded. the western side of manhattan all along the river is flooded. and water is said to be approaching the subway systems. we have no way to know whether the water will get into those systems or whether the electrical grid will be compromised below. but we have seen many flashes throughout the evening which indicate to us that either there is is lightning or transformers are blowing. that is a lit up world trade center site, i believe, which runs on generator power. and a bridge in the near ground over which you most likely will see no cars traveling as
all of lower manhattan is dark. i have just received word in addition the union square area which is on manhattan's east side, right down the middle, actually, at 14th street also fully dark. as is the east side of manhattan below 34th street. in addition, around this now blackened area that you are looking at, with no lights at all is the fdr drive to the, i guess the left of your picture here. going up the east side. it's flooded. the lower end of manhattan is flooded. the western side of...
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we did not stop just at the manhattan project history. we also looked into the pioneers, the pioneers who built this ranch. there were many agricultural planners who came out to the columbia river banks to irrigate farms and build ranches. on the left is back from the wampanoag tribe. he resided on the reservation. there are three other tribes that use the reservation at hanford four fishing, camping and hunting. they were also important in telling the story. but rex buck is really one of the descendants, for members of the tribe, that was the closest to the hanford reservation. we have all of these interviews online. it's a great collection. here we are at le -- where we are at the b reactor. at the control reactor -- control panel is ken salazar. he worked in the obama administration. he loved it. we had maria cantwell in the blue suit and doc hastings who is the leader of the charge. he's in the back there. it's wonderful to be able to have brought these people to the b reactor. they were very excited about it. this all helped immensel
we did not stop just at the manhattan project history. we also looked into the pioneers, the pioneers who built this ranch. there were many agricultural planners who came out to the columbia river banks to irrigate farms and build ranches. on the left is back from the wampanoag tribe. he resided on the reservation. there are three other tribes that use the reservation at hanford four fishing, camping and hunting. they were also important in telling the story. but rex buck is really one of the...
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we didn't stop at just the manhattan project history. we also looked into the pioneers, who built this ranch and there were agricultural pioneers who came to the columbia river banks to irrigate farms and build frankes and the brickerman family being one and on the left is rex buck from the wampum tribe and actually resided on the reservation. there were three other tribes that used the reservation at hanford for fishing, camping and hunting that were also important to telling the story, but rex buck was really -- he's one of the descendants and members of the tribe that was the closest to the canford reservation. we have all of these interviews online. it's a great collection. so here we are at the b reactor. who was secretary of interior in the obama administration. he loved it. we have maria kacantwell and do hastings who is in the back there. so it was -- it's wonderful to be able to have brought these people to the b reactor and they were very excited about it. this all helped immensely in getting to the park. new slide. same story.
we didn't stop at just the manhattan project history. we also looked into the pioneers, who built this ranch and there were agricultural pioneers who came to the columbia river banks to irrigate farms and build frankes and the brickerman family being one and on the left is rex buck from the wampum tribe and actually resided on the reservation. there were three other tribes that used the reservation at hanford for fishing, camping and hunting that were also important to telling the story, but...
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lead story was about how the manhattan project was in the and itirs of demolition was to save the manhattan project site. so it could not have been better. there was a dinner, we had -- at the senior center. it was all filmed, that was filmed by pac-8. out aoan foundation flew new york task to do a meeting of , and we had veterans and others on a panel discussing .t it was covered by the new york times, the washington post, we had a lot of good press from these events. .hen we had a swing band it was quite a weekend. next slide. that gave me the evidence to say i should get some staff. i did all those seven events with the help of the los alamos historical society and at the last minute, my niece came out, but that was it. started the foundation in 2002, and have been going ever since. to preserve and interpret the manhattan project. next slide. so, we decided we need to do some outreach in washington, d.c. and partnered with the carnegie institution of washington which ironically had the office offor scientific research and development during world war ii. a very important person overseein
lead story was about how the manhattan project was in the and itirs of demolition was to save the manhattan project site. so it could not have been better. there was a dinner, we had -- at the senior center. it was all filmed, that was filmed by pac-8. out aoan foundation flew new york task to do a meeting of , and we had veterans and others on a panel discussing .t it was covered by the new york times, the washington post, we had a lot of good press from these events. .hen we had a swing band...
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it is manhattan. whenever anything goes wrong in manhattan, we all get a little alarmed by all of this. are you able to say right now that we have no indication that this might have been something that was done on purpose? or that there was any sort of terrorist link to this explosion at this station? >> i wouldn't be. i don't have any information on that. it wouldn't be appropriate for me to give conjecture on something like that. but could have been ed is on the scene. they're mobilizing their response and we have no indication of that. i haven't heard that from the fdny. >> but you can understand why a lot of people would immediately want to make sure that's not the case. >> i think it is important for everyone to stay calm. we want to make sure, right now it is localized to the 30 blocks on the west side. we want the customers and new yorkers to get power back as quickly as possible. that's what we'll focus on. i left the city about three hours ago and now i'm heading back to make sure i can reass
it is manhattan. whenever anything goes wrong in manhattan, we all get a little alarmed by all of this. are you able to say right now that we have no indication that this might have been something that was done on purpose? or that there was any sort of terrorist link to this explosion at this station? >> i wouldn't be. i don't have any information on that. it wouldn't be appropriate for me to give conjecture on something like that. but could have been ed is on the scene. they're...
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basically, on the lower manhattan. today we ceeloer manhattan has expanded quite a bit and in fact i'm standing on a lands fill right now. they decided to settle at the lower tip of manhattan. the implications of this is that as manhattan grew, as the city grew, much of the economic activity would take place in a northward trajectory. this is happening in the context that manhattan is long and narrow and what this is doing is it's compressing, if you will, or it's making more concentrated all of the economic activity that's taking place in the city. keep in mind that by 1900's, 1.8 million people were living on the island of manhattan. so it's a relatively small geographic area with a very high concentration of population. in what i like to call a tubular environment. much of the action is along this 13 mile axis. another key thing is here in this country, americans had traditionally voted with their feet by moving out to what i would call the suburbs. as i go through the talk i am not talking about the modest suburbs
basically, on the lower manhattan. today we ceeloer manhattan has expanded quite a bit and in fact i'm standing on a lands fill right now. they decided to settle at the lower tip of manhattan. the implications of this is that as manhattan grew, as the city grew, much of the economic activity would take place in a northward trajectory. this is happening in the context that manhattan is long and narrow and what this is doing is it's compressing, if you will, or it's making more concentrated all...
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we didn't stop with the manhattan project history. pioneersooked into the ranch.thereis were many agricultural pioneers who came out to the columbia river banks to irrigate farms and build ranches. from theft, is -- wanapum tribe actually we decided on the reservation. there were three other tribes that use the reservation for fishing, camping, and hunting, that were also important to x buckg the story, but re was really, he is one of the descendents or members of the tribe that was the closest to the reservation. we have all of these interviews online. it is a great collection. so, here we are the b reactor, the control panel is ken salazar, the secretary of the interior in the obama administration. he loved it. had maria cantwell in the blue suit. and doc hastings, who was the leader of the charge in the red shirt in the back there. was wonderful to be able to have brought these people to the b reactor, and they were very excited. ins all helped immensely getting to the park. new slide. story. ridge same lcoal support -- local suppo
we didn't stop with the manhattan project history. pioneersooked into the ranch.thereis were many agricultural pioneers who came out to the columbia river banks to irrigate farms and build ranches. from theft, is -- wanapum tribe actually we decided on the reservation. there were three other tribes that use the reservation for fishing, camping, and hunting, that were also important to x buckg the story, but re was really, he is one of the descendents or members of the tribe that was the closest...
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and it's the story of the manhattan project. then, probably many of you remember ed grothus, with his black hole? he's there with his arm around richard rhodes in the upper left. we have ellen bradbury-reid, who is a great co-conspirator from the start. she grew up as a child at los alamos, has some wonderful stories. and in the last frame, that's jack abbey, who took the famous color photo of the trinity site that everybody has on their book covers. so, anyway, we had a great program on that. next slide. so, it wasn't -- you know, actually there's three slides. and i do spend a lot of time elsewhere. i worked very closely with the b reactor museum association. we were very fortunate in getting a lot of support from the murdoch charitable trust, which is in vancouver, washington, and fund just pacific northwest. so, we just got funding for hanford and for the ebr1 in idaho. but they were very generous. by working with brma, we were able to put a lot of interpretive exhibits together that are used now for the visitors to the b re
and it's the story of the manhattan project. then, probably many of you remember ed grothus, with his black hole? he's there with his arm around richard rhodes in the upper left. we have ellen bradbury-reid, who is a great co-conspirator from the start. she grew up as a child at los alamos, has some wonderful stories. and in the last frame, that's jack abbey, who took the famous color photo of the trinity site that everybody has on their book covers. so, anyway, we had a great program on that....
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basically, on the lower manhattan. today we ceeloer manhattan has expanded quite a bit and in fact i'm standing on a lands fill right now. they decided to settle at the lower tip of manhattan. the implications of this is that as manhattan grew, as the city grew, much of the economic activity would take place in a northward trajectory. this is happening in the context that manhattan is long and narrow and what this is doing is it's compressing, if you will, or it's making more concentrated all of the economic activity that's taking place in the city. keep in mind that by 1900's, 1.8 million people were living on the island of manhattan. so it's a relatively small geographic area with a very high concentration of population. in what i like to call a much of the action is along this 13 mile axis. another key thing is here in this country, americans had traditionally voted with their feet by moving out to what i would call the suburbs. as i go through the talk i am not talking about the modest suburbs of quarter acre lots.
basically, on the lower manhattan. today we ceeloer manhattan has expanded quite a bit and in fact i'm standing on a lands fill right now. they decided to settle at the lower tip of manhattan. the implications of this is that as manhattan grew, as the city grew, much of the economic activity would take place in a northward trajectory. this is happening in the context that manhattan is long and narrow and what this is doing is it's compressing, if you will, or it's making more concentrated all...
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so it's midtown manhattan. if there is a piece of a helicopter on the street, we're expecting to hear that from people. the other issue is fuel. the fire that people saw probably comes from the fuel in the helicopter. that's always the single biggest issue when there is an emergency landing or out of control landing or a landing in which the pilot or the occupants are in the aircraft is getting -- is preventing a fire from occurring. so those are the things we're wondering. where is this kophelicopter, wh were the circumstances under which it was flying low into manhattan. entirely possible it was a malfunction. because it would be unreasonable to assume that unless this is an emergency services vehicle or police helicopter, which we have been told it is not, for a helicopter to be flying somewhere between 500 and 800 feet in manhattan. typically, when there are maneuvers that have undertaken by fdny or nypd, notices of that go out so people know why there are low-flying planes in and around manhattan or centra
so it's midtown manhattan. if there is a piece of a helicopter on the street, we're expecting to hear that from people. the other issue is fuel. the fire that people saw probably comes from the fuel in the helicopter. that's always the single biggest issue when there is an emergency landing or out of control landing or a landing in which the pilot or the occupants are in the aircraft is getting -- is preventing a fire from occurring. so those are the things we're wondering. where is this...
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lower manhattan joining us by telephone from the scene. this happened near the site of an infamous terrorist attack. >> the world trade centers were brought down on 9/11. a bike path near the world trade center site, very close to the 9/11 memorial. >> there's been no threat made to our area of the increase in patrols is just a precaution. >> new york city is doing the same, as you would imagine. >> at the news conference you watched earlier, governor kwau moe said it's important to be alert. >> we will be more vigilant. more everywhere. you'll see them in the airports and in the tunnels. it's not because of any ongoing threat or additional threat. it's just out of vigilance and out of caution. >> now let's go to mitch blacher in sky force 10 flying over lower manhattan. >> he continues our team coverage from the sky. >> we're in sky force 10. 8 dead and 15 injured. you can see the massive police response as loweren manhattan is shut down from the fbi, new york police department, joint terrorism task force, all on scene here shutting down
lower manhattan joining us by telephone from the scene. this happened near the site of an infamous terrorist attack. >> the world trade centers were brought down on 9/11. a bike path near the world trade center site, very close to the 9/11 memorial. >> there's been no threat made to our area of the increase in patrols is just a precaution. >> new york city is doing the same, as you would imagine. >> at the news conference you watched earlier, governor kwau moe said it's...
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parts of lower manhattan. in the west village of manhattan, a building partially collapsed amid the high winds. the top two floors completely exposed to the elements. as the storm approached, high winds caused a crane to collapse, 74 floors up a top a highrise in midtown manhattan. forecasters say the gusty winds that high at that time could have reached 95 miles an hour. in new jersey, much of atlantic city is now underwater. part of the city's historic boardwalk was washed away by the storm. the state's governor chris christie saying any rescue operations will have to wait until sunrise. people along delaware's coastline have filled emergency shelters after the state's governor, jack markil asking for evaluation. firefighters say four unoccupied buildings have collapsed. no one was injured. at least 2 million people have lost power. five deaths have been report in new york state with deaths reported in new jersey, pennsylvania, connecticut, maryland and west virginia. trains, subways and bridges shut down. a
parts of lower manhattan. in the west village of manhattan, a building partially collapsed amid the high winds. the top two floors completely exposed to the elements. as the storm approached, high winds caused a crane to collapse, 74 floors up a top a highrise in midtown manhattan. forecasters say the gusty winds that high at that time could have reached 95 miles an hour. in new jersey, much of atlantic city is now underwater. part of the city's historic boardwalk was washed away by the storm....
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that's an ongoing situation in manhattan. let's move to delaware. the dover post there reporting about 650 people in rehoboth beach had to be evacuated. good evening. are you there? >> yes, i am. >> as i understand it, rehoboth was to be reached by midnight tonight. what's the situation there? >> we expected high tide in rehoboth around 9:00 so we're past high tide and it moves up the state in the northern part of the state. we were very concerned about the 9:00 because the flooding is very serious but it didn't appear to get materially worse with the 9:00 high tide and we're hopeful that that will be the case as well as high tide moves up the state. >> what was affected by the flooding? >> well, we had a number of homes where we had floods. we had an evacuation in most of the low lying coastal areas. so fortunately we were able to deal with that had not folks evacuated. primarily roads that typically flood when we have a lot of rain and we won't be able to do a real good assessment until tomorrow morning when the sun comes up in terms of the long-t
that's an ongoing situation in manhattan. let's move to delaware. the dover post there reporting about 650 people in rehoboth beach had to be evacuated. good evening. are you there? >> yes, i am. >> as i understand it, rehoboth was to be reached by midnight tonight. what's the situation there? >> we expected high tide in rehoboth around 9:00 so we're past high tide and it moves up the state in the northern part of the state. we were very concerned about the 9:00 because the...
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this is the screenshot from the production called manhattan. it ran for two seasons on tv and i thought it was worked very well acted. it shows you hear that the main character who played oppenheimer figure, he was looking quite distressed. and i think that he felt the same way in reality. in fact, he almost resigned in the summer of 1944 because they could not figure out how to make a bomb that worked with plutonium. success was not inevitable. next slide? when i arrived at the department of energy in 1993, they were indeed the stewards of the manhattan project because after the manhattan project ended, the atomic energy commission was created and that segue it into eventually the department of energy. the properties at oak ridge and hand furred and lost albums were owned and managed by the department of energy. but they had a new mandate. because of the 1992 federal facilities cleanup act or compliance act, the department of energy was required to clean up the contamination that occurred over 40 years of work in developing weapons, and its ot
this is the screenshot from the production called manhattan. it ran for two seasons on tv and i thought it was worked very well acted. it shows you hear that the main character who played oppenheimer figure, he was looking quite distressed. and i think that he felt the same way in reality. in fact, he almost resigned in the summer of 1944 because they could not figure out how to make a bomb that worked with plutonium. success was not inevitable. next slide? when i arrived at the department of...
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beyond the west side of manhattan. that's still a real problem, but it does seem to be contained. >> we're talking about high-rise buildings, streets that are always congested, subway systems, mass transit used by millions of people. how often do you prepare for something like this? how do you do it, how do you prepare? >> it's rare, ana, i have to say. no, we prepare all the time. we have in the office of emergency management, they prepare with the fire department, with the police department, for exactly these scenarios. i have to tell, blackouts have become pretty rare in new york city. i'm hopeful, again, this is something that will be of very limited duration. but no, we used to have a fair number of them. lately, certainly in the six years i've been mayor, they've been very rare in the scheme of things. >> are you planning to return to new york city? >> i'm going to get more information in the next hour or so, and we'll adjust my schedule accordingly depending on what i hear. >> what are your biggest concerns righ
beyond the west side of manhattan. that's still a real problem, but it does seem to be contained. >> we're talking about high-rise buildings, streets that are always congested, subway systems, mass transit used by millions of people. how often do you prepare for something like this? how do you do it, how do you prepare? >> it's rare, ana, i have to say. no, we prepare all the time. we have in the office of emergency management, they prepare with the fire department, with the police...
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john berman is in lower manhattan. brian todd is covering rehoboth beach which is in delaware and sandra endo is still in maryland. we'll bring you updates from philadelphia mayor michael nutter, maryland governor martin o'malley, all of them will check in with us as well this morning. let's tell you where we are, lower manhattan, this is houston street. if you were to go down this way, you'd hit the fdr. if you were watching last night, the fdr drive flooded, very, very unusual. what we can see behind me, behind this downed branch, further back, is more flooding as we head down toward the fdr. much of the flooding in those evacuation zones. these apartment buildings behind me had been evacuated. evacuation zone. of course, flooding a big problem. the good news here it's actually receded a fair amount. the flooding where i was standing the water was coming up to here. it's back maybe 50 yards. so that's some good news. it's happening slowly and we're expecting as the day progresses that the water will go out and recede
john berman is in lower manhattan. brian todd is covering rehoboth beach which is in delaware and sandra endo is still in maryland. we'll bring you updates from philadelphia mayor michael nutter, maryland governor martin o'malley, all of them will check in with us as well this morning. let's tell you where we are, lower manhattan, this is houston street. if you were to go down this way, you'd hit the fdr. if you were watching last night, the fdr drive flooded, very, very unusual. what we can...
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make a mapwe want to of manhattan. manhattan is haphazard. you do not know what is going to happen north of houston street. it is these perfect lanes. street are just pastures, and we need some rational system for development. a crew ofe talked to surveyors and mapped manhattan all the way up to 155th street. there was nothing there. there were pastors. it was all rural. human block after block and put intersection, and developed what became the grid system for manhattan. hence, gridlock. this is the only visible symbol left of that gridlock. old bolt left of the bolts and the stakes that john randall jr. put into it. he was chased by property owners who did not want the streets going through their farms, their properties. more -- clement moore, who wrote "the night before christmas, was most outraged that his land in what became greenwich village was being split up to the grid system. but that created the rational system, for better or for worse, for development that became manhattan, that created the grid system that rationalized developmen
make a mapwe want to of manhattan. manhattan is haphazard. you do not know what is going to happen north of houston street. it is these perfect lanes. street are just pastures, and we need some rational system for development. a crew ofe talked to surveyors and mapped manhattan all the way up to 155th street. there was nothing there. there were pastors. it was all rural. human block after block and put intersection, and developed what became the grid system for manhattan. hence, gridlock. this...
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what's the most important thing you can say about manhattan? >> manhattan has everything. we have stores in the greatest theaters in the world, the greatest parks in the world but we also have the greatest favorites in the world. the neighborhoods are not something the tourist necessarily understand it unless the good east harlem and the borough or they go to a wonderful museum on the lower east side like the chinese museum. the neighborhoods are what makes new york and particularly manhattan very special. reporter: i have always said the whole world is one city in new york. i love the diversity here. i love the culture. it's what everybody talks about when i come to new york, how their buildings going up all the time. >> we expect new york city another million people in the next baby two decades, maybe less and in manhattan we have 1.6 residents and 1.62.4 million come in every single day. reporter: what is aiming for lifestyle in terms of our city is growing and how people will live and work here? >> it means tourists. what it means is we have to have safe streets. we ha
what's the most important thing you can say about manhattan? >> manhattan has everything. we have stores in the greatest theaters in the world, the greatest parks in the world but we also have the greatest favorites in the world. the neighborhoods are not something the tourist necessarily understand it unless the good east harlem and the borough or they go to a wonderful museum on the lower east side like the chinese museum. the neighborhoods are what makes new york and particularly...
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manhattan project voices .org. the atomic heritage foundation has a wonderful website with lots of interviews some of which i did and lots of under other interviews that were done by other people with major figures in the manhattan project. so i think it is not too much to say that the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki structured the future of not only the atomic age and how the atomic bomb was seen and valued, but also the future of civilization. we are talking about a very big subject here. one that in effect has changed over time in terms of our views of the major issues. 70 years ago there was certain consensus on a view. 50 years ago there was more diversity, abuse about the issues. today there are many many views. one of the interesting things is that the atomic bomb, although it was not predicted 100 years before it was developed, the idea that science would transform the human condition caution was something that people thought about, even in the 19th century. one of my favorite quotes, with respect
manhattan project voices .org. the atomic heritage foundation has a wonderful website with lots of interviews some of which i did and lots of under other interviews that were done by other people with major figures in the manhattan project. so i think it is not too much to say that the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki structured the future of not only the atomic age and how the atomic bomb was seen and valued, but also the future of civilization. we are talking about a very big subject...
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manhattan, it is completely dark. the one building with the little bit of light is actually the citigroup trading building. this picture from twitter a viewer send us on twitter, looking at the manhattan skyline from brooklyn. pretty incredible thing as we put that up there for you. it is rare to see manhattan like this, so dark. and that is what this storm has done. we're going to take a brief break. [ female announcer ] nature exists on the grandest scale... ♪ ...and in the tiniest details. ♪ and sometimes both. nature valley granola thins pack the big taste of granola and dark chocolate into one perfect square, under 100 calories. nature valley granola thins. nature at its most delicious. nature valley granola thins. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally b
manhattan, it is completely dark. the one building with the little bit of light is actually the citigroup trading building. this picture from twitter a viewer send us on twitter, looking at the manhattan skyline from brooklyn. pretty incredible thing as we put that up there for you. it is rare to see manhattan like this, so dark. and that is what this storm has done. we're going to take a brief break. [ female announcer ] nature exists on the grandest scale... ♪ ...and in the tiniest details....
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the manhattan rancheria voted on today, but we do know the manhattan district attorney impaneled a grand jury in january to consider whether alleged hush money payments. from donald trump, italy 16 -- 82016 campaign candidate -- potential charges include misdemeanor falsifying business records or that charge could rise to a felony if coupled with the intent to conceal working -- or commit a second crime. that may be a violation of campaign finance records. suppression of his alleged affair, is something that donald trump denied could have been a means double stir himself in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign for president. chubb -- trump has denied wrongdoing. his attorney has confirmed the indictment saying they would fight it. calling it a political prosecution for trump himself. we have had high dissipation and anxiety -- anticipation and anxiety this would happen. a series of messages through social media and through his fundraising apparatus condemning them as politically motivated in this prosecution. trump faces crew -- colonel exposure on a number of fronts -- criminal exposure
the manhattan rancheria voted on today, but we do know the manhattan district attorney impaneled a grand jury in january to consider whether alleged hush money payments. from donald trump, italy 16 -- 82016 campaign candidate -- potential charges include misdemeanor falsifying business records or that charge could rise to a felony if coupled with the intent to conceal working -- or commit a second crime. that may be a violation of campaign finance records. suppression of his alleged affair, is...
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it is lower manhattan. as you can see, very few were working in lower manhattan. in and out of the area, by the way, continuing to be shut down tomorrow. of manhattan a ghost town. of course september 11, the world trade center. all in that neck of the woods. this is also home of the new york stock exchange. that organization, seo o'leary leibowitz on the fun of me right now. as expecting, trading will not happen tomorrow. a lot of folks now bidding concern for wednesday with all the company flooding and whether even if you wanted trade technically you will be able to trade. what. neil? >> well, look. weeare making every effort to make sure that we can trade on wednesday. lots of plants. we are working through everything we can. our every intention. the other changes in the u.s. markets that we will open the market. neil: we are looking at midtown manhattan. trying to say a lot of these emergency vehicles were just for this crane collapsed. i'm told as well that it is for debris falling on sixth avenue for some of the older buildings on sixth avenue. it is out exc
it is lower manhattan. as you can see, very few were working in lower manhattan. in and out of the area, by the way, continuing to be shut down tomorrow. of manhattan a ghost town. of course september 11, the world trade center. all in that neck of the woods. this is also home of the new york stock exchange. that organization, seo o'leary leibowitz on the fun of me right now. as expecting, trading will not happen tomorrow. a lot of folks now bidding concern for wednesday with all the company...
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in midtown manhattan. the power outages disrupted subway service on the acdf and m lines, no passenger s are stranded on trains or elevators, there are no reports of injuries at this time. he says, i have directed the state police, the mta and public service commission to aggressively respond to this incident. and work to restore power as soon as possible. we are in constant communication with con ed, who has an effort underway to begin restoration of power by midnight tonight. the governor is saying, they hope to have power restoration underway by midnight. he goes on to say, no injuries occurred as a result of this incident. the fact that it happened at all. i'm directing the department of public service to investigate and identify the exact cause of the outages. to prevent an incident of this magnitude. we will ensure the safety and security of new yorkers that's the latest hoping to restore power by midnight saying he wants an investigation into how this can happen. one of the most iconic parts of new
in midtown manhattan. the power outages disrupted subway service on the acdf and m lines, no passenger s are stranded on trains or elevators, there are no reports of injuries at this time. he says, i have directed the state police, the mta and public service commission to aggressively respond to this incident. and work to restore power as soon as possible. we are in constant communication with con ed, who has an effort underway to begin restoration of power by midnight tonight. the governor is...
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why was it in this particular area of manhattan? of course, it is a relief to hear that there was no terrorism threat or there's no concern at this point for authorities in their minds. but why did it take off from that east side heliport, which is on the east side in the middle of manhattan and then end up just 11 minutes later on the top of this tallest building of that block? and again, a lot of questions about, was there a mayday call? was there a sort of flight path it was -- this pilot was supposed to go on? and then went a different path. these are all major questions that investigators are looking into. and i know anderson was talking about the visibility on the ground. it's difficult -- well, just, let's keep in mind, that new york city is full of cameras. anytime an investigation gets started, authorities go directly to those cameras to answer some questions. and it is my belief, talking to many people, many sources that it's difficult to have sight of this helicopter at times, because of the visibility with the cameras. t
why was it in this particular area of manhattan? of course, it is a relief to hear that there was no terrorism threat or there's no concern at this point for authorities in their minds. but why did it take off from that east side heliport, which is on the east side in the middle of manhattan and then end up just 11 minutes later on the top of this tallest building of that block? and again, a lot of questions about, was there a mayday call? was there a sort of flight path it was -- this pilot...
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in the heart of manhattan. it's a serious, serious situation here. you can see that by the response from the nypd and the fire department, brooke. >> shimon, thank you for jumping in and we'll let you go and you can make your calls to sources to nypd and beyond. if you're just joining us, we're reporting on a pretty intense situation in the heart of midtown manhattan. this is time square. you're seeing the rescue vehicles and fire running to the scene as there has been in the early on -- i can't say if it was an accident. it's a helicopter crash into this building at 7th avenue and 51st. that's just around time square. it is pouring rain, in manhattan today, and there are so many questions unhansed. was this intentional? was this helicopter trying to land on the top of this building? a lot of helicopters back and forth. a lot of helicopter traffic in and around manhattan, especially in the summertime. let's start to get answers and analysis. i have mary skiavo on the phone with me. mary, let's just start at gro
in the heart of manhattan. it's a serious, serious situation here. you can see that by the response from the nypd and the fire department, brooke. >> shimon, thank you for jumping in and we'll let you go and you can make your calls to sources to nypd and beyond. if you're just joining us, we're reporting on a pretty intense situation in the heart of midtown manhattan. this is time square. you're seeing the rescue vehicles and fire running to the scene as there has been in the early on --...
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over 1.5 million just in the manhattan bu manhattan burrough. is there anything specific? >> no. i haven't heard anything yet. there are multiple subway lines that have not been able to run the subway cars. so those lines are the a line, the c line, on the same line. the local as well as the s, the m and the d as in david. those five lines currently cars are sitting in the subway stations. i'm told a few subway stations have lost power inside the station. but the one train, the two train and the three train which also serve the west side and manhattan and runs along broadway for a big section of it. those trains are running local currently so there is some movement via those subway lines on the west side. >> i want to bring in my friend. picking up courage here, one or two breaking stories and you were telling us some of the details. >> it has been a very, very busy afternoon and a very busy last couple of hours. for us, i'm going to skip the jacket because the air conditioning is not working in our studio. a situation that many people in manhattan are dealing with. speaker, if y
over 1.5 million just in the manhattan bu manhattan burrough. is there anything specific? >> no. i haven't heard anything yet. there are multiple subway lines that have not been able to run the subway cars. so those lines are the a line, the c line, on the same line. the local as well as the s, the m and the d as in david. those five lines currently cars are sitting in the subway stations. i'm told a few subway stations have lost power inside the station. but the one train, the two train...
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this area of manhattan is pretty much right dead center in the middle of manhattan. it's very close to times square to give you some sense of the e geography we're talking about here. >> that's a great point. that is going to wrap things up for us this hour. i'm kasie hunt. we're going to hand it over to ali velshi contributing to our breaking coverage. >>> we're going to continue our breaking news coverage, our special live coverage of a helicopter crash in midtown manhattan. a helicopter made a hard landing on a roof of the building which afterwards caught fire. one person was killed. that person is believed to be the pilot. we are waiting on confirmation on that. this is very, very busy part of the city, seventh avenue and 51st street and as a result the response is enormous. there's a map of new york. you can see times square directly below, directly south of the crash site. central park is about eight blocks to the north of it. trump tower just to the northeast. we are reporting from the corner of 6th avenue and 50th. so we're only about a block away from the lo
this area of manhattan is pretty much right dead center in the middle of manhattan. it's very close to times square to give you some sense of the e geography we're talking about here. >> that's a great point. that is going to wrap things up for us this hour. i'm kasie hunt. we're going to hand it over to ali velshi contributing to our breaking coverage. >>> we're going to continue our breaking news coverage, our special live coverage of a helicopter crash in midtown manhattan. a...
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are injured in lower manhattan. this is a live look at the scene right next to the west side highway where a bike path runs parallel. witnesses say a man in a rented truck plowed on to that path and into bicyclists and pedestrians. fox news channel reporting that man eventually slammed into a schoolbus jumped out, started yelling. waving what has turn out to be a fake gun which is when police officers shot him twice. he's in custody. >> there are reportedly six people dead right now. the truck apparently collided with a small bus and then another car. our chris o'connell joins us live in operations center with more on this attack. chris? >> reporter: obviously iain this situation is still unfolding in new york at this hour. but this is the latest we have. at least six people are dead. nine others are injured when a motorist plowed into pedestrians on a bike lane beside the west side highway in the lower west side of manhattan. take look at some of the video. it is disturbing afternoon in manhattan. a truck driven by
are injured in lower manhattan. this is a live look at the scene right next to the west side highway where a bike path runs parallel. witnesses say a man in a rented truck plowed on to that path and into bicyclists and pedestrians. fox news channel reporting that man eventually slammed into a schoolbus jumped out, started yelling. waving what has turn out to be a fake gun which is when police officers shot him twice. he's in custody. >> there are reportedly six people dead right now. the...
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the chase manhattan bank was the bank of the manhattan company. the manhattan company was a water company. but the water company was created by aaron burr because he wanted a bank. the way he was able to create a bank was to create a water company and slip into the charter of the water company a little clause which said any profits could be used to create anything else he wanted. he created a bank. the water company fell by the wayside. it never really produced much water. the bank went on. in fact, the bank of the manhattan company went on hunting water until the 1920's, because it was afraid of losing its charter. and every meeting of the bank of the manhattan company, they would have pitchers of water being served, into the 1920's, just to make sure the bank did not lose its state charter for banking. but the water was awful. nobody would drink it. the reservoir system was begun, a great system that resulted in mostly gravity-fed water for the city of new york. but the gravity-fed water, for the most part, would not rise above six stories. so w
the chase manhattan bank was the bank of the manhattan company. the manhattan company was a water company. but the water company was created by aaron burr because he wanted a bank. the way he was able to create a bank was to create a water company and slip into the charter of the water company a little clause which said any profits could be used to create anything else he wanted. he created a bank. the water company fell by the wayside. it never really produced much water. the bank went on. in...
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that's in a section of manhattan. we're still waiting for a press conference that's about to start any moment now with the mayor of new york city and the new application commissioner. today is his first day on the job. >> we talk about the 25 people hurt. we do know 23 of the 25 had just minor injuries. no major injuries. some of the witnesses from the scene talked about some of the buildings in that area. one of them being association for the blind. it's next to a church. that association of the blind was a 14 story building. we talk about some of the construction dm that area because eight peered that this started near a dumpster. and there are several dumpsters set up in that area because of all the construction work that was going on in that chelsea section of manhattan. now you have police going through not only that section of no, sir, but you also -- new york. you also have people going through other sections. but again we're awaiting the press conference to get the latest details from some of those officials.
that's in a section of manhattan. we're still waiting for a press conference that's about to start any moment now with the mayor of new york city and the new application commissioner. today is his first day on the job. >> we talk about the 25 people hurt. we do know 23 of the 25 had just minor injuries. no major injuries. some of the witnesses from the scene talked about some of the buildings in that area. one of them being association for the blind. it's next to a church. that...
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manhattan. we have charged falsifying business records for those who violated federal bank secrecy laws. have charged falsifying business records for those who are seeking to cover up sex crimes. and we have brought this charge to those who committed tax violations. at its core, this case today is one without -- with allocations like many of our white-collar crimes. someone lied again and again to protect their interests and evade the laws to which we are held accountable. as his office has done time and time again, we'd today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law. no amount of money and no amount of power changes that enduring american principal. i will now take questions. >> we are going to take a limited number of questions. no follow-up questions. one question per reporter. i will call on you. thank you. the first question. reporter: thank you. why now? is it a political move from a nonclinical person? [indiscernible] mr. bragg: we conducted a t
manhattan. we have charged falsifying business records for those who violated federal bank secrecy laws. have charged falsifying business records for those who are seeking to cover up sex crimes. and we have brought this charge to those who committed tax violations. at its core, this case today is one without -- with allocations like many of our white-collar crimes. someone lied again and again to protect their interests and evade the laws to which we are held accountable. as his office has...
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us in lower manhattan. i know you know this area well, and pier 17 is the south street seaport, and this is the east port across, and i don't know how much of our viewers can get over there, but that's brooklyn where we are seeing flooding on that side of the east river as well. and the east river is a title estuary. we're at high tide right now. and as you and i have been discussing, and you heard from jacqui jarvis, it looked like it was as bad as it was going to get and then we got the new ban of rain in here. and the river is lapping over the banks and up through the boardwalk, and has not made its way through the streets of lower manhattan just yet. >> that's good news. i want to check in with rob marciano. how extensive is the flooding out in long beach? >> reporter: the flooding is just intensifying, anderson. the street flooding continues to lift. the water is rising for sure, and check out the surf. that has not subsided at all. only intensified as have the winds which continue to blow steadily out
us in lower manhattan. i know you know this area well, and pier 17 is the south street seaport, and this is the east port across, and i don't know how much of our viewers can get over there, but that's brooklyn where we are seeing flooding on that side of the east river as well. and the east river is a title estuary. we're at high tide right now. and as you and i have been discussing, and you heard from jacqui jarvis, it looked like it was as bad as it was going to get and then we got the new...